Boy howdy, have I collected a lot of movies! Its about time I trotted them out for you to see and enjoy. This collection of movies really has no coherent theme; they are just some I think you might enjoy. It will probably take you more than one visit to see them all, if you even want to. But first, here are some links about movies and moviemaking in general.

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Now THIS list makes sense! The top films of all time, adjusted for inflation.

The Mother of All Movie Trailers.

How to write the ultimate Chick Flick.

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Farker’s imaginations go wild with the Photoshop concept of mixing Hollywood with classic fairy tales.

THE FILMS

Ka-Boom! From PES.


Deviation, about a videogame character having an existential crisis.

The Albino Code. Filmmaker Dennis Hurley says: What if the story of The Da Vinci Code could be told from Silas's point of view? And what if Silas were an actual person with albinism thrust into a world of secret codes, mystery, and assassination? The Albino Code is my way of mocking certain novelists and Hollywood filmmakers who continue to spread stereotypes of all kinds. At the same time, I want my film to give movie-lovers some insight into what having albinism is really like.

Paper Wars by Ed Skudder. Classic stick-figure boy meets stick-figure girl story.

What if aliens landed on Earth, and no one noticed? This cute animation is called In This World. (Thanks, Bill!)

An award-winning amateur advertisment video. (via b3ta) Cool!

Fast Film (2003) by Virgil Widrich. To make this, he and his crew printed out over 65,000 film frames and folded them into three-dimensional shapes, like origami. The objects were then photographed and composited to tell a story. Amazing. I wish they had a host with a better frame-rate than YouTube.

GaGarin is a cute animation from 1994 about flying.

At the Ends of the Earth by Russian animator Konstantin Bronzit. It was released in 1999, and received nearly 70 awards.

The story behind the 1930 film Freaks, plus an opportunity to download the entire film at the end.

City Paradise, an award-winning short film by director Gaelle Denis. London is a big city, and for those new to it, it can seem quite scary. But Tomoko, who arrives from Japan to learn English, accidentally discovers a mysterious, secret city underground, inhabited by friendly little aliens and beautiful blossom.

Next time you get into an elevator, you’ll remember this little nightmare named Memento Mori.

Operation Quenotte may be a cat and mouse cartoon, but its also a work of art.

Bendito Machine. This is tres weird. What does it mean? I dunno. (Thanks, Bill!)

Coburn is an art toon by Anton Bogaty.

Oedipus, a tale told by vegetables.

Enjoy beautiful animation in Stilt Walkers by Alexis van der Haeghe.

In Backspace -Float, you get an art film thats supposed to make you think, but what I was thinking was “How’d they do that?”

The Piano. (via Innings)

The National Film Board of Canada has put 50 of their brilliant animated short films on line for free viewing. Includes experimental films, cartoons, and Oscar-nominated shorts. You can sort by titles, director, date, or description. (via Boingboing) Saskboy’s  favorites are Blackfly and The Cat Came Back.

Here’s a much better Film Festival.

The Tex Avery Laws of Cartoons

(lifted from Wulfweard)
Cartoon Law I -Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation.

Cartoon Law II -Any body in motion will tend to remain in motion until solid matter intervenes suddenly.

Cartoon Law III -Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter.

Cartoon Law IV -The time required for an object to fall twenty stories is greater than or equal to the time it takes for whoever knocked it off the ledge to spiral down twenty flights to attempt to capture it unbroken.

Cartoon Law V -All principles of gravity are negated by fear.
Psychic forces are sufficient in most bodies for a shock to propel them directly away from the earth's surface. A spooky noise or an adversary's signature sound will induce motion upward, usually to the cradle of a chandelier, a treetop, or the crest of a flagpole.
The feet of a character who is running or the wheels of a speeding auto need never touch the ground, especially when in flight.

Cartoon Law VI -As speed increases, objects can be in several places at once. This is particularly true of tooth-and-claw fights, in which a character's head may be glimpsed emerging from the cloud of altercation at several places simultaneously. This effect is common as well among bodies that are spinning or being throttled.

Cartoon Law VII -Certain bodies can pass through solid walls painted to resemble tunnel entrances; others cannot.

Previously on Miss Cellania: Making Movies and Mars and Venus: Movies

Thought for the day: When I was directing I used to say to the animators, 'will you do something for me?' Will you make it so extreme that you make me mad?'   -Dave Hand, Disney animator

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